Gianna Melillo

Patients with psoriasis may be more likely to have additional autoimmune disorders, including vitiligo, diabetes, autoimmune thyroiditis, rheumatoid arthritis, and inflammatory bowel disease.

Complete response to first-line therapy, as determined by the International Working Group 2006 response criteria, can be used as a surrogate end point for overall survival in higher-risk patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), according to a study published in Cancer Medicine.

Study findings, published in Frontiers in Medicine, underscore the importance of metabolic profiling for discovering candidate screening biomarkers for interstitial lung disease (ILD) in rheumatoid arthritis.

In an effort to detect sea fan neovascularization from ultra-widefield color fundus photographs from patients with sickle cell hemoglobinopathy, researchers developed an automated system with high sensitivity and specificity, which holds potential to improve screening for vision-threatening proliferative sickle cell retinopathy.

The emotional, functional and physical effects of vertigo on patients with vestibular migraine were shown to be more significant compared with the experiences of patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) in a recent study.

Results from a cross-sectional study show individuals with Parkinson disease exhibited decreased retinal vessel and perfusion density, as well as choroidal structural changes compared with age- and sex-matched controls.

A reduction in glycated hemoglobin (A1C) may result in improved perinatal and maternal outcomes among women with prepregnancy diabetes, according to results of a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

A “dose-response” relationship may exist between migraine and patent foramen ovale (PFO), according to a review published in Frontiers in Neurology.

Among children who underwent unilateral cataract removal in infancy, risk of glaucoma-related adverse events continues to increase with longer follow-up and is not associated with primary intraocular lens (IOL) implementation, according to research published in JAMA Ophthalmology.

Using advanced machine learning models, researchers in China were able to accurately predict incidence of gestational diabetes among pregnant women during their first trimester.

In a year in which health care professionals were forced to alter treatment plans to adjust to an ongoing health crisis, the majority of our most popular ophthalmology stories of 2020 involved the intersection of ophthalmologic care and coronavirus disease 2019.

The top 5 most listened-to podcasts spanned a range of health topics, including key 2020 election concerns among stakeholders, the use of applied machine learning to predict health care utilization, and real-world evidence on biomarker testing in colon cancer.

In a cohort study of nurses, irregular and long menstrual cycles throughout life were associated with a greater risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D).

Our most-popular articles relating to migraine in 2020 included new research on menstrual migraine and the efficacy of erenumab, a calcitonin gene-related peptide inhibitor, for migraine.

Verana Health, along with the FDA, the American Glaucoma Society, and American Academy of Ophthalmology, recently announced the launch of the Patient-Reported Outcomes for Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery study with the first patient enrolled.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on racial and ethnic minorities in America. MJH Life Sciences™ will host a free webinar to explore potential solutions.

Advancements in coverage for diabetes technology and improvement in diabetic retinopathy screening rates appear on this year’s list of most-read diabetes articles.

The Trump administration buys 100 million more doses of Pfizer's coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine; the Department of Justice files a suit accusing Walmart of fueling the opioid crisis; 2020 set to become deadliest year in US history.

The identification and assessment of frailty, defined as a state of increased vulnerability to adverse health outcomes resulting from loss of physiological reserve, should become a routine aspect of diabetes care, authors of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in The Lancet Health Longevity argued.

The most significant ocular symptom experienced by those suffering from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was sore eyes, according to new research published in BMJ Open Ophthalmology.

An outcomes-based agreement conducted by Boehringer Ingelheim and Highmark found that use of Jardiance (empagliflozin) among adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and known cardiovascular disease (CVD) was associated with a total cost of care savings of over 20%.

Visual hallucinations (VH) among patients with Parkinson disease (PD) appear to be associated with thinning of the inner retina, according to research published in Scientific Reports.

In a recently published review, researchers highlighted the disease burden of migraine, advances in preventive therapies, key takeaways from the most recent migraine management consensus statement, and advocated for increased pharmacist intervention in migraine medication management.

Friction of surgical instruments has the greatest association with incisional Descemet membrane detachment (DMD) during cataract surgery, according to results of a case series published in JAMA Ophthalmology.

Results from a phase 2 trial show PXL770 yielded consistently greater responses in high-risk patients with comorbid nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) compared with placebo.

Stark realities exposed by the pandemic have led some to advocate for redirecting resources to have the most impact on vulnerable populations.

The analysis, published in Cephalalgia, found that more than 50% of patients exhibited reversion from chronic migraine to episodic migraine after week 12 of the double-blind treatment phase.

In its 2021 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment Final Rule, CMS announced it will delay its radiation oncology payment model from January 2020 until July 2021.

Researchers identified new genetic associations that can predict individuals’ susceptibility to Takayasu arteritis, a rare type of vasculitis.

What people believe about health and public health, although challenged before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, is even more crucial now as vaccine distribution efforts could soon begin.